Susan Sarandon: Single Life 'Exhilarating & Terrifying'

A few months after Susan Sarandon split with her partner of 23 years, Tim Robbins, Entertainment Weekly met with her over a game of ping-pong and talked it out.

"It's a long time to not be dating and to then be going back into it," Sarandon says. "I certainly love the idea of being in love, and I love the idea of companionship. Whatever happens next in terms of romance or partners, I don't know. But it's exhilarating and terrifying. I think the point is to just keep moving, and to just say yes to life."

The article says Sarandon, 63, gave a playful "no comment" when asked if she's currently involved with anyone. Reports have speculated a possible romance between the 'Thelma & Louise' star and Jonathan Bricklin (32 years her junior), one of the co-owners of Sarandon's New York ping pong club, SPiN.

Oh, and she "loves" being called a cougar.

More from EW's Sarandon story, including life after Tim, how all her new roles seem to feature her fading rather than fornicating, and, yes, ping-pong:

So wait, Susan Sarandon runs a ping-pong club? "That's kind of the charm of it -- the randomness. I mean, a ping-pong club? Who'd have thought it, right? It would be ironic if it ended up making money. The funniest thing is all the celebrity players who've come out of the woodwork: Jamie Foxx, George Clooney, the guys in Arcade Fire. It seems like every time I'm here, someone challenges me to a game."

On life after two decades in a relationship: "I did a movie a long time ago where I had to fly a glider. You get towed up in the air by a plane, and it's loud and annoying. And at some point you pull the cord and you're suddenly floating, and in your mind it makes absolutely no sense. But it's exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. That's where I am now."

On getting work without being a perky 20-year-old: "I'm happy to still be having fun and getting jobs, even if it seems like now all I'm getting are parts where I'm dying. Instead of being asked to do sex scenes, now I've always got some disease. But I'm hoping to change that."

She cries in almost every scene in her new film 'The Greatest,' where she and Pierce Brosnan play grieving parents: "Those scenes changed me chemically. When I sweated, I didn't smell like myself. My chemistry just became so acidy that I stunk. When I finished that movie, my skin actually hurt!"

Susan Sarandon has a whopping five films coming out this year, according to EW. See the trailer for 'Peacock' below:

shes beautiful as ever and if she wants a younger man why not? men do this to their wives all day long i found younger she wants me yada yada yada well if it makes her happy it cant be so bad as the saying goes....

I find it distrubing that so many people write negative remarks about someone they have never met. That tells me a lot about them as a person. They must be very sad people. SS is a lady and has never had any bad press, and doesnt deserve to be put down in anyway. She is a great actress and age doesnt change that. Getting older is part of life and there are good things about every age. Senior discounts and grandchildren to name a couple. lol

Nobody knows the inner-workings of a personal relationship more than the two people involved. It's highly presumptuous of anyone to suggest she had more to do with the break up than Tim Robbins. It usually is a collaborative effort.

Wow, She is so hot! And 63 too! Breaking up with someone is never easy and I'm sure it's been tough for both her and Tim. Someone tell Susan that I'm available at 57! I divorced my ex about 6 yrs ago and it sure hasn't been easy for me. God bless both Tim and Susan and here's to their happiness.

I am a 52 year old male,have all my hair and dark. I have maybe two or three grey hairs, can't wait for a full head of grey. I have been married to my wonderful wife 26 years, and for the life of me couldn't see myself starting all over at my old age. They say that you are as old as you feel, well my bones tell me I am old! Can't run like I used to,dance like I used to, don't look like I used to,my sex drive isn't like it used to,my body doesn't look like it used to, no matter how hard I try. However I thank my God for my health,my kids who are grown up,and my wife! 63 huh, Whew! I don't think I'd kid myself into telling myself I was young or dating someone too young for me at that age. Who would I be trying to convince?

Some guiys just don't know when they have a good thing. Susan Sarandon is still, at 63, a lovely, beautiful, VERY sexy woman. And a very talented actress! I wish for you, Susan, much love and peace and happiness, and continued success.

You are a terrible woman. Note I did not say lady. You trashed President Bush and look what you have now. A president who served 140 days in the senate, attended a church where the preacher trashed the United states every sunday, a good frind and neighbor who was a terrorist. You must be terribly ignorant.